Frank Herbert's Dune series has two trilogies, with a total of six books, namely "Dune", "Dune Saviors", "Dune Descendants", "Dune God-Emperor", "Dune Pagans" and "Dune Priests"
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Among these six books, the first one, "Dune", is of course the most well-known, and it is also the one that Zhang Zhong considers to be the best written.
But even in a masterpiece that won the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, there are still many different voices.
Some people feel that the science fiction of "Dune" is not strong enough and that it is a completely imagined world by the author.
But the advantage of this book is precisely the author's fantastic fantasy. There are few books that can build an almost perfect world like "Dune".
This book involves a lot of religious and political knowledge, which has also become a point of criticism by people who don’t like him, because these people think that so many religious and political elements are completely an imaginary class struggle novel, which can barely be said to be a novel.
Fantasy, but definitely not science fiction.
Frank's setting is relatively pessimistic. Advanced technology has not prevented the social structure from deteriorating. This is indeed similar to fantasy novels. The boundless star is still ruled by an empire, many feudal states and guilds that span all levels of society.
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However, Zhang Zhong feels that the science fiction nature of "Dune" is not as soft as people think. It is just that the science fiction involved in this book is "ecology" and "system thinking" that ordinary science fiction writers seldom touch.
In addition, there are also how language affects people's way of thinking and so on.
The "Dune" given to Zhang Zhong by the system is still in both Chinese and English versions. The English version is of course Frank's original version. As for the Chinese version, I don't know which version it is.
However, Zhang Zhong quickly read it over in his mind and found that the translation of the Chinese version was much better than the translation by the translator surnamed Pan that he had seen before.
Zhang Zhong sat in front of the computer and began to slowly input the English version of "Dune" into the computer. This book is more than 300,000 words long, and it is also the longest book he has written so far. Even if it is
It also takes a lot of time to input the manuscript into the computer.
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"May you go through thousands of sailings and come back still a young man."
Jiangyang University’s official Weibo released a video that night, which was the video of Zhang Zhong’s speech at the school.
Wang Xi asked Zhang Zhong for his opinion on the release of the video, and Zhang Zhong readily agreed. It was just a speech, not a big deal.
Zhang Zhong's speech originally had no title, so Jiangyang University took out the phrase "May I return as a young man after all my experiences" as the title.
I have to say that Jiangyang University is quite patient. Although Zhang Zhong's speech at the school has been decided before, Jiangyang University has not announced it to the public.
There are some gossips that are spread by school students.
It was not until today, after the speech, that Jiangyang University officially announced its official Weibo account.
Not long after the video was released, Zhang Zhong’s fans flooded into the comment area of the video.
[I just found out that Zhang Zhong is from Jiangyang University.]
[I also graduated from Jiangyang University, but it was only today that I found out that Zhang Zhong is an alumnus.]
【How is this Jiangyang University?】
[The First University of Nanhuai Province, are you kidding me?]
[Ahem, don’t brag upstairs. Jiangyang University’s annual comprehensive ranking is stable at just outside the 50th place. It’s really not a famous school. 】
[Although it’s not a prestigious school, I can’t get into it either.]
[Jiangyang University is very good, but its geographical location is too bad. The economy of Nanhuai has hindered education and cannot develop.]
[Zhang Zhong went off-script again this time and bowed to the boss, so he can become a speaker.]
[May you go through thousands of sailings and come back as a young man, this is the best thing to say!]
[I will be leaving school in two months. I was really touched when I saw Zhang Zhong’s speech.]
[Brother, come on, accept the beating from society.]
[Although what Zhang Zhong said makes sense, the true meaning of life still needs to be understood by ourselves. 】
[I graduated this year and was originally considering whether to go to Yenching University or Lanxiang Technical School. Now I have another choice, which is great.]
[No, no, no, no, we at Lanxiang Technical School cannot lose you, this idiot.]
[I am really a senior in high school. Now I am considering going to Jiangyang University. Can any seniors introduce me to it? 】
【Can’t you do it, senior?】
【No, I am allergic to men.】
[Don’t let him fool you, this guy is from Jiangyang University, and he’s a junior.]
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Shadiao netizens are very happy.
Zhang Zhong's speech was very long, and not many people could remember it. Apart from the two well-known words in Ding Fengbo, what they remembered was the sentence "May you go through thousands of sailings and come back still a young man."
This sentence spread on the Internet very quickly.
According to unofficial statistics from the "Sand Sculpture Club", on this day, 33.256% of netizens in China changed their social software signatures to this sentence.
And on the evening of the second day after the video came out, a romance novel titled "May You Go Through Thousands of Sails and Come Back Still a Young Man" appeared on a certain literary website. And the most terrifying thing is that the number of words in this novel is as many as ten
Thousands of words.
At first, everyone thought that this book was just a name, and the content must have been written long ago.
But after reading it, they were shocked. This book was actually based on Jiangyang University and told the love story of the hero Zhang Qianli and the heroine Wang Luohua.
Readers unconsciously took a look at the author's name, and it turned out to be the three characters "Wang Luohua".
Damn, it turned out to be the author of Meng**’s public yy about Zhang Zhong.
What is even more unbearable is that in the novel, the domineering president Zhang Qianli fell in love with the pig girl Wang Luohua, and even gave up hundreds of billions of family fortune.
But the heroine Wang Luohua ignored Zhang Qianli, claiming that the protagonist was just a rich second generation with a good skin.
In the end, Zhang Qianli forced himself to commit suicide, so Wang Luohua reluctantly stayed with Zhang Qianli.
【???】
【I actually finished reading it? Damn it?】
[The author is very talented, but if I can’t do it anymore, I will write a book. 】
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"There is a love novel of yours on the Internet. I read it. It's quite good. Brother, you can also read it." Li Yan teased Zhang Zhong on the phone.
Zhang Zhong also found out about the novel and said with a wry smile, "Don't bullshit me. Today's readers are really more boring than I thought."
"You should be happy. I read in the comments that many female readers want to fall in love with you. I think it's good. Anyway, I don't mind having more sisters-in-law." Li Yan said with a smile.
"Tell your brother about this, I don't have the need here."
"Hee hee, I won't tease you anymore, let's get down to business. My brother asked you to have dinner at home on Saturday, and he will cook it himself."
Zhang Zhong curled his lips and said, "He didn't tell me himself?"
"He is busy and has no time to talk to you."
"What can he be busy with? He hasn't been resting recently?" Zhang Zhong asked curiously.
Li Yan said mysteriously, "It's not convenient for me to reveal this. If you want to know, you can ask him yourself."
"Okay, I understand, we will go there on Saturday."
After talking to Li Yan on the phone, Zhang Zhong stood up and walked to the living room. Peng Peng and Min Ya were building blocks. A small castle had begun to take shape. The two little girls had built the main body of the castle and were now working on the city gate.
Zhang Zhong originally planned to take Pengpeng to go hiking today, but Liu Minya came over to visit and Pengpeng had forgotten about the mountain climbing, so they stayed at home.
"Oh, Zhang Pengpeng, this door must be made of red, so it looks good." Liu Minya said quickly when she saw Pengpeng preparing to use blue building blocks to open the city gate.
Pengpeng held the blue building blocks and was unwilling to put them down, "But, I think the blue door still looks better, and the red door looks like a big mouth."
Liu Minya shook her head and insisted on her opinion, "I still think the red one looks good. People can see the door at a glance when they walk by. How nice."
“The blue one is beautiful.”
“The red one looks good.”
Zhang Zhong looked at the two little girls arguing, scratched his head and said, "Then half blue and half red, half like sea water, and generally like flames, how good it is."
Pengpeng raised his head and said, "But dad, how can sea water and flames be together?"
Liu Minya also said, "Yes, Uncle Zhang, wouldn't the flame go out when it touches the sea water?"
Zhang Zhong just suddenly thought of Wang Shuo's "Half Fire, Half Sea Water" and said this casually, but unexpectedly, the two little girls instantly became angry with each other.
But what the two little girls said next made Zhang Zhong even more unexpected.
Liu Minya said, "And if one person is half the color, none of us will be happy, because this is not the red I want, nor is it the blue Zhang Pengpeng wants."
Pengpeng nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Dad, you are wrong. Let's use red. In this case, Liu Minya, you will be happy."
Zhang Zhong was stunned, "Don't you want blue?"
Pengpeng waved his hands and said, "I don't really want blue."
Liu Minya also said, "Let's use blue. I think blue looks better."
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Zhang Zhong feels that he is quite successful as a peacemaker, at least the results are good, right?
In the end, little Comrade Zhang Pengpeng gave full play to the host spirit and made the door red, which was the favorite color of guest Liu Minya.
After watching the two girls playing with blocks in the living room for a while, Wen Jinjiang called.
Zhang Zhong slapped his head, he was busy recording "Dune" today and forgot one important thing.
The script of "Ten Little Indian Boys" has been completed. He previously told Wen Jinjiang that the script would be delivered today. Maybe Wen Jinjiang was a little impatient from waiting, so he called.
However, what surprised Zhang Zhong was that Wen Jinjiang did not urge him to write the manuscript, but said with a smile, "I have been casting for the past two days and I want you to give me some advice."